Fish Springs (formerly, Tinemaha and Tinnemaha) is a set of springs in

Inyo County Inyo County () is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016. The county seat is Independence. Inyo County is ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. It is located in the

Owens Valley Owens Valley (Mono language (California), Mono: ''Payahǖǖnadǖ'', meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It is located to the east of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra ...

, south-southeast of Big Pine, at an elevation of 3937 feet (1200 m). A post office operated at Fish Springs during part of 1866, and from 1868 to 1876. A post office operated at Tinnemaha from 1895 to 1910. Tinemaha is the name of a legendary Piute of the region. The

Tinemaha Reservoir Tinemaha Reservoir is a reservoir created by a dam on the Owens River in the Owens Valley. It is located in Inyo County, California, Inyo County, eastern California. It is part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system, operated by the Los Angeles Depar ...

, of the

Los Angeles Aqueduct The Los Angeles Aqueduct system, comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct) and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system, built and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The Owens Valley ...

system, is located nearby.

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* Unincorporated communities in Inyo County, California Unincorporated communities in California Springs of Inyo County, California {{InyoCountyCA-geo-stub